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A PAIR OF SIX-HIT GAMES IN SATURDAY ACTION
SAX’S 6/6 WINS GAME FOR VICTORY; FARRELL’S 6/7 INSPIRES PIONEER TO 11-INN. WIN

TROY, N.Y. & PITTSBURGH (July 6, 1864) – There were a duo of star performances in the N.B.B.O. on Saturday, with one player in each league racking up half a dozen hits in winning efforts.

The first six-hit game occurred in Troy, New York where the Victory club needed all nine innings to defeat visiting Binghamton by the score of 11-10. In the contest Edward Sax (2B) had six of the hosts’ fourteen hits, and Sax’s single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth drove in Frank Vinson to win the game and give Victory…a victory.

SAX:

• B1: 1-run Single to CF off E. Kirkman (scored)
• B3: Leadoff Single past SS off E. Kirkman (scored)
• B5: Leadoff Single past 2B off E. Kirkman (scored)
• B6: Single past SS off R. Schoettler (scored)
• B8: Leadoff Double to LCF off J. Gross
• B9: 1-Run Single between SS & 3B off J. Gross (game-winner)
• TOTAL: 6/6, 2B, 4 R, 2 RBI, 7 TB, GAME-WINNING HIT

The win moved Victory into a tie for sixth place in a very tight Upstate Championship, where the team sits just five games behind first-place Flour City even though there are six clubs even or ahead of them in the standings.

In Pittsburgh, William Farrell (SS) was the main figure in a battle between struggling Pioneer (18-28) & Alleghany (17-29), in which Pioneer came out on top 13-10 in eleven innings.

Farrell hit 6/7, with his only hitless appearance being a bound out in the top of the first inning. His final hit came in the top of the eleventh, in which his bunt single to load the bases set up Koos Pieters for a three-run double that won the game.

FARRELL:

• T1: Bound Out to CF
• T3: Double to LF off J. Kyle (scored)
• T5: Bunt Single to 1B off J. Kyle (scored)
• T7: Leadoff Single to CF off J. Kyle (scored)
• T8: 1-run Single to CF off J. Kyle (scored)
• T9: Single to LF off J. Scott
• T11: Bunt Single to 1B off T. LeMaster (scored)
• TOTAL: 6/7, 2 BUNT HITS, 2B, 5 R, 1 RBI, 7 TB

Farrell’s bunt in the top of the eleventh was not his only bunt hit, as he collected another one in the top of the fifth. Farrell himself has not had a great season – currently batting .312/.326/.413 – but on this day his excellence was undeniable.